President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned to Abuja following a 10-day working visit to Lagos, where he held a series of high-profile meetings and attended key national events.
The President, who arrived in Lagos on September 26, was in Ibadan earlier for the coronation of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja.
According to a statement released on Monday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President’s stay in Lagos was marked by several strategic engagements aimed at boosting Nigeria’s economic and cultural landscape.
During the visit, Tinubu met with prominent investors including Bayo Ogunlesi, CEO of Global Infrastructure Partners, and Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Chairman of Metis Capital Partners and former chairman of United Bank for Africa and Etisalat.
He also received the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, alongside Minister of Marine and Blue Economy Adegboyega Oyetola and other industry leaders, where he reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to developing Nigeria’s maritime sector as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel dependency.
Onanuga noted that the President’s itinerary included a visit to Imo State, where he inaugurated several landmark projects executed by Governor Hope Uzodimma, including the Assumpta Flyover, Owerri–Mbaise–Umuahia Interstate Road, and the Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu International Conference Centre. He also unveiled a book by Uzodimma titled A Decade of Impactful Progressive Governance in Nigeria.
Tinubu’s Independence Day broadcast on October 1 was delivered from the State House, Dodan Barracks, after which he commissioned the renovated National Theatre, now renamed the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts.
Concluding his engagements, the President attended the burial of Mama Lydia Yilwatda, mother of APC Chairman Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, in Jos, Plateau State. There, he paid tribute to the deceased and assured Christian communities in northern Nigeria of his government’s commitment to equity, justice, and unity.
